Category Archives: 133-Michigan – lower peninsula, southwest area

View from our front door at Meinert Park Campground in Michigan

Our first stop in Michigan is at the Meinert Park and Campground in Montague which is on the lower peninsula west side about halfway up. We are staying in a county park and it’s just lovely here. We got, I think, the best site in the park, in a corner with trees and ferns and grasses on the two sides that our big windows are on.

We’re under half a mile to a beach and sand dunes as well, so we can walk there. No dogs on the beach so we’re limited to walking around in the parking lot.

THe downsides here are that our wi-fi is really poor and we barely have phone reception. But, it’s just for 5 days. Another downside is that someone in the area shoots a gun several times at night. We’ve woken to the sound of gunshots almost every night. Makes me think we’re in East L.A.!

Here’s a picture of the woods just outside our front door:

A beach on Lake Michigan

While on the western side of the lower peninsula of Michigan we visited a beach in Muskegon. It was a small beach with a boardwalk through the sand dunes that were covered in grasses.

There was surf today! A storm is heading our way from the west and it’s creating quite a good surf, which a local told me only happens when there’s a high wind coming from the west. THe rest of the time it’s very calm.

The beach has very fine white sand. The section we went to is a dog beach so Laddy got to enjoy it too.

We saw lots of windsurfers up by the lighthouse.

Here are some pictures: